Numbers 18:10

Numbers 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

Context of Numbers 18:10

8The Lord said to Aaron, ‘I give you authority over the things that people offer to me. As priests, part of the gifts that people bring will belong to you and your sons. This rule will always be true for you and your descendants. 9I am giving to you the parts that do not burn on the altar. A part of all these gifts will belong to you: grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings. These are holy gifts and they belong to you and to your sons. All the men in your family may eat these gifts. Remember that they are holy gifts. 11Also, you will receive part of the special gifts that the Israelites lift up in front of me. I have given it to you and to your sons and daughters, for all time. Every person who lives in your house may eat it. But they must be clean at the time. 12I will give to you the best olive oil, the best wine and the best grain. The people give to the Lord the first part of these that they get.

Numbers 18:10 word by word

בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ כָּל־זָכָר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל אֹת֔וֹ קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• shalt thou eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• it; every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145

Cross-references for Numbers 18:10

• Exodus 29:31Take the male sheep that makes Aaron God's special servant. Cook its meat in a holy place in the yard of the tabernacle.
• Leviticus 6:16The priests will make into bread the flour that he did not burn. They must not use yeast to make the bread. They must eat the bread in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting.
• Leviticus 7:6Aaron's sons can eat the meat that is not burnt. They must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy.
• Leviticus 10:13Eat it in a holy place. The Lord has said that it is your part of the grain offering. It is for you and for your sons.
• Leviticus 14:13He must kill the sheep at the north side of the altar. That is where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering. The gift is holy. It is food for the priests.
• Leviticus 6:18Any son, grandson or male of Aaron's family can eat the bread. It is his usual part of the burnt offerings to the Lord. A person who touches the bread will become holy.’
• Leviticus 21:22He can eat God's holy food and God's most holy food.

Commentaries on Numbers 18:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10In the most holy place - Rather, “among the most holy things;” as in Numbers 4:4: i. e. “As the most holy of things shalt thou eat it.” Accordingly, only the males of the priestly families could eat of the things here specified.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalous maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholly devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11Only Aaron and his sons, the priests set apart to serve in God's presence, consumed the most holy offerings (Exodus 28:1; 29:44–46). This portion was a holy offering given to God, and the priests had to treat it with respect (Numbers 18:10). Other types of offerings provided food for the priests and their families, but only if they were ceremonially clean (18:11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-208-13. the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests. They were parts of the votive and freewill offerings, including both meat and bread, wine and oil, and the first-fruits, which formed a large and valuable item.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 18:10

• Offerings
• Priest

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Commentaries on Numbers 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings